Libby's Guide

In a thirteenth-century Chinese circus, Haoyou is hired to be a kite rider. He rides the human-sized kite in an attempt to raise his...

In this autobiographical book, Jean Fritz tells the story of her childhood as an American girl growing up in China. She describes the...

This book tells the story of Sacagawea and her journey with the Louis and Clark expedition.

Living during the Industrial Revolution, Lyddie is a young girl working in a cotton factory. The story deals with her life as a working...

____________________ Andi Alpers is consumed by depression as she deals with her younger brother's death and her parent's divorce. When...

As a noblewoman in England duringthe late 800s, Aethlflaed is expected to marry to help her family. However, she refuses to act according...

Mara is a slave girl in ancient Egypt who finds herself spying for two men on opposite sides. She struggles against her desire for...

Daniel, a young man during the Roman rule of Jerusalem, chafes against the oppression of the Romans. He joins a rebel band preparing to...

During the time of the Salem Witch Trials, Kit is new and different in a conservative New England town. She struggles to fit in, but also...

One of the most profound and beautifully written books about Germany during World War II. Narrated by Death, this book tells the story of...